Luca Saiu's blog

Today
at
lunch
with
colleagues(1)
we
were
having
a
very
nice,
relaxed
conversation.
At
some
point
somebody
mentioned
he
knew
somebody
who
knew
Erdős
(<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PaulErd%C5%91s>);
so
I
asked
him
what
his
Erdős
number
(<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91snumber>)
was,
and
he
said
it.
Then
—I
think
for
the
first
time—
the
thought
crossed
my
mind
that
I
also
could
already
have
a
finite
Erdős
number.
I’ve
just
found
that
in
fact
that’s
the
case,
and
has
been
for
several
years
now.
My
Erdős
number
is(2)
at
most
6.
For
example:
•
Paul
Erdős
(0)
•
Vilmos
Komornik
(1)
•
Marco
Pedicini
(2)
•
Patrick
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Inspired
by
a
happy
“discovery”
I
made
today,
I’ve
written
this
instead
of
finishing
the
post
about
identity.
The
abandoned
tape
This
story
began
on
a
summer
evening
of
the
late
Eighties
when
I
was
10,
maybe
11.
I
was
at
some
small
country
fair
near
home
with
my
brother,
five
years
younger
than
me
—
quite
a
big
difference
back
then.
My
brother
found
an
audio
cassette
discarded
on
the
ground,
and
wanted
to
take
it
home;
it
looked
dirty
and
I
remember
that
I
didn’t
want
to
pick
it
up
at
first,
but
I
guess
I
wasn’t
too
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I’ve
been
remembering
the
Latin
phrase
Nulla
dies
sine
linea
(no
day
[shall
pass]
without
[writing]
a
line)
for
years
now.
Until
a
couple
of
minutes
ago
I
was
sure
it
was
a
motto
by
Gabriele
d’Annunzio(1)
(1863-1938),
who
despite
the
sheer
beauty
of
some
of
his
prose
and
poetry
was
quite
revolting
as
a
person
—
the
kind
of
artist
that
you
cannot
quite
declare
you
admire
without
adding
all
sorts
of
qualifiers
and
disclaimers.
Annoying
but
necessary.
You
know,
it’s
about
your
reputation,
and
here
I’m
not
kidding:
that
guy
was
a
lot
worse
than
just
a
histrionic
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I
have
rough
ideas
about
what
I’d
want
to
write
about,
but
I
don’t
really
know
with
what
frequency
I
will
touch
each
topic.
I’m
mostly
interested
in
free
software,
(computer)
languages
and
Computer
Science
in
general,
art,
literature
and
politics;
but
I
make
no
promise
of
staying
on-topic.
I
will
also
not
be
necessarily
“balanced”,
soft
or
cautious
when
expressing
my
opinions.
This
is
my
site
(by
the
way
I
pay
hosting
costs
myself,
with
my
money)
and
as
such
it
is
the
appropriate
place
for
holding
my
opinions.
If
you
want
to
engage
in
discussion
with
me,
there’s
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